A 16-year-old youth is being questioned after a policeman was stabbed outside a church in London’s East End. The youth has been arrested “on suspicion of attempted murder”, Scotland Yard said.

East London Advertiser: Policeman stabbed outside Victoria Park Baptist Church [photos: Google Images]Policeman stabbed outside Victoria Park Baptist Church [photos: Google Images] (Image: Google)

The officer was stabbed during an incident late last night at the back of Bethnal Green’s Victoria Park Baptist Church in Grove Road.

He was taken to hospital with a knife wound in the stomach and is said to be in a “serious but stable” condition, the Met confirmed.

Two officers were called at 11.30pm to a car park next to Bunsen House, a five-storey block of flats in Bunsen Street, behind the church next to Victoria Park, after tenants reported “anti-social behaviour” including revving up a moped.

The officers recovered a knife and arrested the youth who was taken to a police station for questioning. He was detained overnight.

But there was not believed to be any link to extremism or terrorism, following security alerts after the weekend atrocities in Paris.